A bride and groom have been slammed for asking an evening guest to bring cash instead of a gift

Taking to Mumsnet, the woman, posting under the username Rriot, revealed she couldn’t afford to give the couple any money and asked if it was unreasonable to bring a small gift instead.

Many of the site users slammed the bride and groom for their “ridiculous” cash request, and some went as far as to tell her to not go to the wedding at all.

Rriot shared: “We have been invited to a wedding. Evening invite only. The invitation included a tacky poem asking for cash gifts. (Guests invited to the whole day didn't get a poem).

“The bottom line is, we can't really afford to give cash. Generally I'd put my feelings about this type of request aside and give what was asked for but I think the very small amount we can afford to give will look mean.

Some said she should just take a card or small gift, but others recommended she boycott the event

And another said: “Evening invite = nice card only, or reasonably decent bottle of wine if I'm feeling generous. How can people demand cash from guests who they don't consider important enough to attend the main event?”

Meanwhile one suggested: “I don't give gifts for an evening do. You're just there to make up numbers after all. A card will do.

“If they're drama types I would avoid it completely.”

And a few said it would be polite for her to take a small sum of cash.

A lady wrote: "Can you afford £20? That's what we got off a few of our evening guests and I wasn't offended at all."